d’Verse Poetics – Choose a Line
Naomi Shihab Nye
from “Burning the Old Year” – lists of vegetables, partial poems
——
I think I might be a writer
ink pumps under
my skin
letters leak
from the corners
of my eyes
I produce
“lists of vegetables,
partial poems “-
flash fiction with
barely a spark,
to-do (or not) to-do
list after list
I pen my pal and
she pens me
I dream in fiction
and wake in my
own memoir
rhymeswithbug 
Your last line is killer good;. like me you chose to write about words, the writing itself–that’s always fun, like movies about making movies–lots of insights.
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Oh, this is good, Candy! I know the feeling of making those lists! 🙂
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Ha, I definitely think you are a writer! You have all of the signs. Writing is your lifeblood. Smiles.
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Great use of writing imagery! I am sure a lot of us can identify with parts of your poem.
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I think you definitely are! Very nice.
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Oh really good.. Words like that will always win.
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“letters leak from the corners of my eye” – just one of the wonderful phrases in this. Beautifully done – indeed, I think that you can call yourself a writer!
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Yes, it would be good to dream fiction and wake in my own memoir ~ Love the share Candy ~
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Love your play on words! And such vivid imagery throughout:letters leaking from the eyes, penning your pal, dreaming fiction and waking up to memoir – very clever!
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So enjoyed this, Candy–one we can all relate to. I like that ending up in your own memoir.
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Oh.. symbols
of Joy.. idols
of living
Love..
Love
wiNs
and ends
iN PoeTry
oF beginning
AGaiN.. noW
but i must
SinG and
Dance too..
lest
i lose
the
feeLinG..
WInks..:)
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Oh yes, singing and dancing!!
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Yes.. i rePresent
that
REmark..;)
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🙂
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